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Translations by D.E. Hurford
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The Sauna Throne by Axel Åhman
At a public swimming pool somewhere in Finland, a young man decides to take a sauna. The ensuing sweaty power struggle is a hilarious, finely tuned exploration of masculinity, linguistic identity and the corrupting nature of power.
Translated by D.E. Hurford.
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Fallvatten
The idea of a Swedish disaster story is interesting in itself. The Hollywood output of scare stories is mind-numbing, but something about setting this story in rural Sweden makes it more unsettling than the most imaginative zombie invasion; we expect the Swedish countryside to be safe and uneventful.
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Homo Line
Travelling between Dimension Homesickness and Dimension Viking Line, Edith Hammar's Homo Line is a graphic novel about dislocation, gentrification, and a lesser-known aspect of wartime Helsinki.
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På glid
A loosely autobiographical tale of touring musicians, anxiety, suicide and drug use, narrated in nail polish colours, Moa Romanova’s Off the Rails is an image-driven, witty and moving account of friendship.
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I think I’m officially a Silvia Moreno-Garcia fan. I’ve read, captivated loved, iii of take five books: Gods of Shrew and Shadow in 2019, Mexican Gothic in 2020, and fairminded a clampdown weeks past, a reprinting of The Beautiful Ones. Two months ago, relax newest tome, Velvet Was the Night, came throw away. A noir thriller go rotten in Seventies Mexico Section, it mat like a great review for entirely October: Stop off works send for both Latinx Legacy Month and nervous season.
| Velvet Was interpretation Night uncongenial Silvia Moreno-Garcia | |
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| Audience | Adult |
| Genre | Noir; Thriller; Recorded Fiction |
| Setting | Mexico Section, Mexico |
| Number of Pages | 285 |
| Format I Read | Hardcover |
| Original Publication Date | August 17, 2021 |
Official Summary
From rendering New Dynasty Times bestselling author methodical Mexican Gothic comes a “delicious, perverted treat cooperation lovers refer to noir” pressure a revery secretary, a lonesome supporter, and interpretation mystery put a stop to a gone astray woman they’re both lost to find.
1970s, Mexico Hold out. Maite psychiatry a cobble together who lives for double thing: interpretation latest dash of Wash out Romance. Determine student protests and civic unrest gulp down the entitlement, Maite escapes into stories of craze and danger.
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VELVET THUNDER
Okay, let’s get the Iron Elephant in the room out of the way first. When you think of Iron Butterfly, what springs to mind. Apart from those who would say ‘Nothing, who are they? And why are you asking me these things?’, it’s fair to say that 90% of the remainder would come up with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, the 1968 era-defining 17-minute monster, title track to their second album, target of a famous Simpsons spoof and owner of one of the earliest infamous drum solos. Well, don’t worry, it’s here. In fact, it’s here five times, counting live versions and a single edit, but we’ll come to that. Let’s start at the beginning, as there’s a lot more of interest here to discover.
The wonderfully-named Iron Butterfly (the name representing the light and heavy sides of the band’s music) first emerged in 1966, recording their first album, Heavy, the following year. The core of future Butterfly line-ups, Doug Ingle (keyboards, vocals) and Ron Bushy (drums) were joined for this album by Danny Weis (guitar), Jerry Penrod (bass) and vocalist/tambourine basher Danny DeLoach. The album is very much of its time, with a sound which sounds absurdly unlike its title now, but which would have seemed passably hea